Sharon Olds
American confessional poet known for her frank, physical verse about family, sexuality, and the body. The Dead and the Living won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Stag's Leap won the Pulitzer.
Works
- Satan SaysInaugural collection of raw, confessional poems about family trauma and desire
- The Dead and the LivingPoems exploring mortality, sexuality, family violence, and human vulnerability
- The Gold CellCollection of intimate poems about gender, sexuality, and bodily experience
- The FatherCandid poems charting a marriage from passion through difficulty to transformation
- Stag's LeapPoetry about midlife, marriage, sexuality, and rediscovering passion